Inside Health

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: September 10, 2008

A judge has ruled that the mass murderer George Banks was too mentally ill to be executed. Mr. Banks killed 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage in northeastern Pennsylvania. Five of the victims were his own children. Judge Michael Conahan ruled Monday that he agreed with defense lawyers that Mr. Banks was psychotic and unable to comprehend his death sentence or participate in his defense.